The Intelligencer
Friday, August 15, 2003
ETHEL MAE SILCOTT
ETHEL MAE (WILLIAMS) SILCOTT of Warminster
passed away Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, at Warminster Hospital. She
was 81.
She was the beloved wife of the late LOUIS
SILCOTT.
Born in Palmerton, Pa., she was the
daughter of the late HARRY JAMES and ANN MEADE JONES WILLIAMS.
Mrs. Silcott worked for Reading Railroad
for 29 years as a secretary for the engineering department
before retiring.
She belonged to St. Anne's Episcopal Church
and their Needle Point Guild. She also was the secretary for the
Reading Retired Veteran Employee Association.
Mrs. Silcott is survived by her children,
HERMAN C. HENGEVELD of Warminster, CECIL B. HENGEVELD of
Hummelstown, Pa., and LINDA FARNSWORTH of Hatboro; and her
stepchildren, LOUIS SILCOTT JR. of Hatfield and THELMA LAFFERTY
of Philadelphia. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren, 20
great-grandchildren, and her sister, GWENDOLYN TEGWEDD OLMES of
Jacksonville, Fla. She was preceded in death by her brothers,
HARRY JAMES, BENJAMIN CECIL and RUSSELL LEROY WILLIAMS.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
her Requiem Eucharist at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in St.
Anne's Episcopal Church, Old Welsh and York roads, Abington, PA
19001, where friends will be received after 10 a.m. until the
time of the service. Interment will be held at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
remembrances be made in Mrs. Silcott's memory to St. Anne's
Episcopal Church at the above address.
Decker Funeral Home, Warminster